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Outgoing NSA Deputy Director John Inglis Interviewed on National Public Radio

Friday, January 10, 2014

National Security Agency Deputy Director John C. “Chris” Inglis has spent most of his time recently defending the NSA from revelations by former contractor Edward Snowden. Snowden disclosed that the agency was gathering phone records of millions of Americans. Inglis retires Friday. Before stepping down, he talked to Morning Edition co-host Steve Inskeep about running a spy agency in a democracy. Below is a transcript of the unedited audio of their conversation.
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NIU Faculty Braves the Arctic to Study Unmanned Systems

Friday, January 10, 2014

NIU professor Dr. Peter Leitner, a faculty member of the Anthony G. Oettinger School of Science and Technology Intelligence, braved Arctic temperatures to understand the effects of extreme weather on unmanned systems.
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Good judgment in forecasting international affairs - The Washington Post

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

The Economist’s The World in 2014 issue just hit newsstands, focusing international attention on the geopolitical outcomes we can expect to see over the next 12-14 months. The issue features an article by University of Pennsylvania psychologist Phil Tetlock and journalist Dan Gardner on the Good Judgment Project, a research study funded by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA, the U.S. government’s analog to DARPA), which makes such geopolitical predictions every day.
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A New Model for Defense Intelligence

Thursday, November 21, 2013

On November 20, the Intelligence Project at Brookings and the National Intelligence University co-hosted a discussion with Lieutenant General Michael T. Flynn, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), to examine this uncertain future, DIA’s role in this complex security environment and a new model for defense intelligence that ensures preparedness to address these challenges and the crises of tomorrow.
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NGA Intel Maps ‘Key’ To Philippine Disaster Response; 4 More Ospreys On Way

Thursday, November 14, 2013

The US military’s relief effort for the typhoon-ravaged Philippines is ramping up, with four more V-22s on the way from Japan, the USS George Washington carrier group due any time, the amphibious ships Germantown and Ashlanden route, and the intelligence community providing highly detailed geolocation data — known to old-timers as maps.
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